Blogs about: Katherine Mansfield
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The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield finished The Garden Party on her 32nd birthday in 1921. She took a month to recover from her previous story, At the Bay before embarking upon this one. She felt that The Garden Par… more →
Lynley Stace
Women Masters Of The Short Story?
Taylor Bright wrote 1 week ago: From Katherine Mansfield to Lorrie Moore, The Guardian says it’s nice that women are being rec … more →
THE SPIRITUAL AND THE INSPIRED
libbydoe wrote 1 week ago: Night by Max Beckmann 1918 Promulgated by Madame Blavatsky in the late latter half of the ninete … more →
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 4 weeks ago: Katherine Mansfield finished The Garden Party on her 32nd birthday in 1921. She took a month to reco … more →
New Dresses by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: It is thought that this story is nowhere near as accomplished as Katherine Mansfield’s later o … more →
A Suburban Fairytale by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: STORY Two parents neglect to feed their son so the son joins sparrows on the lawn and flies away. … more →
See Saw by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: PLOT It is spring time in a park. People wander around: the old ones snooze and puff, the young ones … more →
The Wrong House by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: A study in darkness. PLOT An aged woman, Mrs Bean, sits at her window knitting. In this, the main ch … more →
How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: Written 1910. Published 1912. PLOT As the story opens, Pearl Fulton is swinging on the front gate. H … more →
The Tiredness of Rosabel by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: This was Katherine Mansfield’s first published story (1908). Already, the features that KM became kn … more →
Features of Katherine Mansfield's Writing
Stace wrote 1 month ago: KM was a pioneer in interior monologue. She makes use of shifting viewpoints. Some of her short stor … more →
Influences on Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: KM grew up in New Zealand and moved to Europe as a young adult. Some of her stories are influenced b … more →
Prelude by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: Written 1916, revised the following year Originally called ‘The Aloe’ The revision eliminated the ob … more →
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
yaatri wrote 1 month ago: And after all the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party i … more →
Story of the Month, November 2009
thatsclassic wrote 1 month ago: One of several covers for the book Bliss and Other Stories, which contains the title story “Bliss. … more →
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: Methods used to present theme: Method Details Quotations Comment parallels and contrasts old people/ … more →
Sun and Moon by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: This story was written in 1918 after KM’s brother had been killed. She dreamed the story and w … more →
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: Bliss was one of Mansfield’s last stories. She wrote it only a week after a haemorrhage which … more →
At the Bay by Katherine Mansfield
Stace wrote 1 month ago: STORY The sun rises over Crescent Bay. Each of the characters goes about the day: Stanley’s morning … more →
